Deborah Font
Personal information
Full nameDeborah Font Jiménez
Nationality Spain
Born (1985-09-06) 6 September 1985
El Vendrell, Tarragona, Spain
Sport
SportSwimming
Medal record
Women's swimming
Representing  Spain
Paralympic Games
Gold medal – first place2000 Sydney100m breaststroke SB12
Silver medal – second place2004 Athens100m breaststroke SB12
Silver medal – second place2004 Athens400m freestyle S12
Bronze medal – third place2000 Sydney400m freestyle S12
Bronze medal – third place2004 Athens200m medley SM12
Bronze medal – third place2008 Beijing50m freestyle S12
Bronze medal – third place2012 London400m freestyle S12
IPC World Championships
Gold medal – first place2006 Durban400m freestyle S12
Silver medal – second place2002 Mar del Plata100m Breaststroke SB12
Silver medal – second place2002 Mar del Plata200m Individual Medley SM12
Silver medal – second place2006 Durban100m breaststroke SB12
Silver medal – second place2013 Montreal400m freestyle S12
Bronze medal – third place2002 Mar del Plata50m Freestyle S12
Bronze medal – third place2002 Mar del Plata100m Freestyle S12
Bronze medal – third place2002 Mar del Plata400m Freestyle S12
Bronze medal – third place2013 Montreal50m freestyle S12
IPC European Championships
Gold medal – first place2014 Eindhoven400m freestyle S13
Silver medal – second place2014 Eindhoven100m breaststroke SB13

Deborah Font Jiménez (born 6 September 1985 in El Vendrell, Tarragona) is a swimmer from Spain.

Personal

Font was born 6 September 1985 in El Vendrell, Tarragona. She is blind.[1] She found a job with assistance from the Employment HPOD PROAD Program, which is supported by ONCE.[2] In December 2013, she attended an event marking Spanish insurance company Santa Lucía Seguros becoming a sponsor of the Spanish Paralympic Committee, and consequently Plan ADOP which funds high performance Spanish disability sport competitors. She chose to attend the event because she wanted to show support for this type of sponsorship.[3]

Swimming

Font is an B2/S12 classification swimmer.[1] When swimming, she has a "tapper" who taps her so she knows when she has to initiate a turn in the water.[4]

Font competed at the 2000 Summer Paralympics, where she earned a gold medal in the 100 meter breaststroke race, and a pair of bronze medals in the 400 meter freestyle race and the 200 meter individual medley race.[1] She raced at the 2004 Summer Paralympics, and earned a silver in the 100 meter breaststroke race.[1] In 2007, she competed at the IDM German Open.[5] She competed at the 2008 Summer Paralympics, and won a bronze in the 50 meter freestyle race.[1] Total, she has a gold medal, two silvers and four bronze medals from the Paralympic Games.[4]

In 2011, Font trained with Carla Casals.[6] She competed at the 2011 IPC European Swimming Championships in Berlin, Germany where she won a bronze medal in the 100 meter breaststroke.[6][7][8] In 2012, she competed at the Paralympic Swimming Championship of Spain by Autonomous Communities.[9] She raced at the 2012 Summer Paralympics. She was the number three swimmer in the 400 meter freestyle race.[1] She finished sixth in the 200 meter individual medley.[10] She competed at the 2013 IPC Swimming World Championships.[11][12] From the Catalan region of Spain, she was a recipient of a 2012 Plan ADO scholarship.[13] In November 2013, she competed at the Spanish Age Swimming Championships for blind and visually impaired.[14]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Biografías" (in Spanish). Spain: Comité Paralímpico Español. 2012. Archived from the original on 8 March 2017. Retrieved 26 June 2013.
  2. ↑ "Tres medallistas paralímpicos obtienen trabajo gracias al Programa ADOP Empleo - Comité Paralímpico Español - Esto es DxT" (in Spanish). Spain: Estoesdxt.es. Retrieved 11 August 2013.
  3. ↑ "RSC.-La aseguradora 'santalucía' renueva su compromiso con el Plan ADOP" (in Spanish). Spain: Europapress.es. 13 December 2013. Retrieved 25 December 2013.
  4. 1 2 "Los 11 de la ONCE" (in Spanish). MARCA.com. 11 November 2013. Retrieved 21 November 2013.
  5. ↑ "Internationale Deutsche Meisterschaften im Schwimmen" (in German). Berlin, Germany: Paralympischer Sport Club Berlin. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |url= (help)
  6. 1 2 "La nadadora valenciana Anna Ortiz, campeona de Europa de 50 metros braza" (in Spanish). Spain: elperiodic.com. 31 July 2013. Retrieved 7 August 2013.
  7. ↑ Malagaes.com (18 July 2013). "Noticias de Málaga : La andaluza Marta Gómez logra su segunda medalla de bronce en el Europeo de Natación Paralímpica — MALAGAES.COM 05/07/2011" (in Spanish). Spain: Malagaes.com. Archived from the original on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 7 August 2013.
  8. ↑ RTVE.es - BERLÍN (ALEMANIA) (5 July 2011). "España logra 17 medallas en los Paralímpicos de natación de Berlín" (in Spanish). Spain: RTVE.es. Retrieved 11 August 2013.
  9. ↑ "Castellón acoge a los mejores nadadores en el Campeonato de España de Natación Paralímpica — Natación — Esto es DxT" (in Spanish). Spain: Estoesdxt.es. Retrieved 7 August 2013.
  10. ↑ "Miguel Luque suma el único metal del día. Natación/Paralímpicos" (in Spanish). Spain: Terra.es. Archived from the original on 29 September 2013. Retrieved 7 August 2013.
  11. ↑ "Deportes : La extremeña Isabel Yinghua Hernández competirá en el Campeonato del Mundo de Natación Paralímpica" (in Spanish). Spain: Extremaduradehoy.com. Archived from the original on 11 August 2013. Retrieved 11 August 2013.
  12. ↑ Agencia EFE. "Los nadadores canarios Michelle Alonso e Israel Oliver competirán por triunfo" (in Spanish). Spain: Eldiariomontanes.es. Archived from the original on 2 December 2013. Retrieved 11 August 2013.
  13. ↑ "Observatori Català de l'Esport OCE INEFC" (in Spanish). Observatoridelesport.cat. Archived from the original on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 22 November 2013.
  14. ↑ "Deportes. Deborah font e israel oliver compiten en madrid en el campeonato por edades de natación – Juegos paralímpicos – Noticias, última hora, vídeos y fotos de Juegos paralímpicos en lainformacion.com" (in Spanish). lainformacion.com. 15 November 2013. Archived from the original on 2 December 2013. Retrieved 21 November 2013.

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.